Snow (Hollow Knight Inspired Ambient Game Music) Jake Wu 2021-11-28 | Made a small track for the metroidvania game jam 14, still working on the game itself but I wanted to upload one of the things I'd been working on! I should've gotten a clip of it raining. Also considering lowering the volume of the lead or compressing its dynamic range but I got a lot to learn about compressors before I mess it up with oneIf someone wanted the sheet music: drive.google.com/file/d/1j_y2vFkfXvbSb-nBPMxgEKHChjyGkG8M/view?usp=sharing
Theme for a forgotten dancer Jake Wu 2024-06-11 | We're really leaning on the melancholy here, just eating it upHonestly, I had real issues with the piano. There's a lot more pedal than I'd like and a whole bundle of other production problems but it's an old track and I forgive myself
A Somber Exit for strings Jake Wu 2024-05-18 | "The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows." - Socrates Gothic melancholic string music for sad boy hours This is actually recorded by something like 22 live strings because I wrote it during a course Classical, Dark Academia
Extra Equestrial Title Screen Jake Wu 2024-03-09 | From a project I was working on with a ragtag team a couple of years ago which never came to fruition (Art by Vanessa again, art socials still possibly mia). I used a chrono trigger trumpet to fit the pixel/oldschool aesthetic a little better!
Mononoke Rescore with Score Jake Wu 2022-08-19 | I have a few images rather than the actual film as you're not allowed to upload it to youtube (even in a tiny corner to demonstrate your rescore which is tough but fair). I wrote this originally for a 6 wind scoring session I had on my course but this is a Note Performer 3 render of the track. It's all done to picture and you can see the rough form. I wanted to have the whole orchestra come in at the swell when she's crossing but I had to hold back due to time!Taking a lot of general Ghibli/Hisaishi cues here because who doesn't love his music?
Chiptune for Space Cowboys Jake Wu 2022-06-08 | (not like Cowboy Bebop). This is from a game me and a few friends are/were making and the art is all by Vanessa (links to her socials to come?)
Undone Rescore Jake Wu 2022-06-07 | The first half is with live violin, cello and piano and the second half is all mockup. I'm pretty happy with the overall direction but it needs quite a bit of work (the second half in particular gets rough)
JRPG Town Theme (Witchbrook inspo) Jake Wu 2021-11-03 | First Pass at a JRPG town theme (kinda classic game music), making it loopable wouldn't be too tricky but honestly the ending is a little sudden, should look at writing and rendering a new section. Screenshot is from the promotional material for Witchbrook found at: witchbrook.com and server as the base inspiration for the piece! From online advice there's a lot of work to do on the production and the mix so working on it
Fates Ballad (Chiptune) Jake Wu 2021-10-30 | Julia’s twitter: @JuliaGoodishA short, sweet and kinda melancholic chiptune cue I wrote based off Julia’s cowboy bebop artwork. It’s a really gorgeous interpretation and the intricacies of the stained glass are soooo beautiful, I love it!The title is kinda just a joke on Cowboy Bebop episode titles, it's not that serious~
The Ghosts Prom (Chiptune) Jake Wu 2021-10-28 | Halloween energy for this Silkanide inspired dance-y ghost song I wrote! I'm always so appreciate that Silkanide lets me use her art and I love it. This time there's a twist, I animated the stars (if you could call that animation) Silkanide’s Socials:silkanideart.tumblr.com/; https://linktr.ee/silkanide
Game Music Demo #2 - Pirates (Orchestral) Jake Wu 2021-10-10 | This is a work in progress, go figure with the more slapdash video (my recordings are busted for some reason) but I was so pleased with my initial attempt I wanted it up on my channel sooner rather than later. I'll take it down once I've completed the piece properly ^^Footage from Sea of Thieves
Birb Song (Chiptune) Jake Wu 2021-09-24 | I made this small track more song-like for the cozy bird home theme. This gorgeous gif was made by Silkanide (as fanart for some of Finch’s (@illufinch) work). Stunning!Silkanide’s Socials:silkanideart.tumblr.com/; https://linktr.ee/silkanideChiptune 8-bit music fakebit
Kycchu Twitch Trailer Jake Wu 2021-09-08 | I did the music and the post processing on the sound in general for my friend's trailer for her twitch channel. She did all the animation and it's so good (especially for a first animation).twitch.tv/kycchu
Festive Froggy Chiptune Jake Wu 2021-07-04 | I've updated it with a whole bunch of changes, if anyone wants that version feel free to ask!A tune I made with Silkanide's art and a game I'm working on in mind, super generous of her to let me use it as a background! I made this for a small game some friends are making disclaimer: this is the initial version, fixed up for the game
Allstar for piano but its kinda pop-y, romantic and dramatic Jake Wu 2021-07-01 | Certainly a way to spend a couple of hours. The first few bars come from a Rachmaninoff piece and gave me the idea (I forget which)
Oneiric (Game Music) Jake Wu 2021-07-01 | More of a dreamy piece sci-fi piece, I had intentions of using a different background (instagram.com/p/CQY7jNujd52) but I couldn't get permission so I made my own Small animation made using assets from penusbmic.itch.io including penusbmic.itch.io/sci-fi-planetone and penusbmic.itch.io/sci-fi-character-pack-6.All credit to Penusbmix (penusbmic.carrd.co) for the assets.
Froggy finds the forgotten sword Jake Wu 2021-06-27 | I actually have a second half which leads into battle music for the full piece which I'm working on too!Art by the super generous Silkanide: instagram.com/silkanidehttps://linktr.ee/silkanide
Leaving Home (Chiptune) Jake Wu 2021-06-19 | I liked this nostalgic scene and I think the track kind of has a romantic twist!Art by Silkanide (It's a redraw of a piece by Claire SUN @lilblueorchid): instagram.com/silkanidehttps://linktr.ee/silkanide
Pond Froggy Chiptune Jake Wu 2021-06-17 | Sounds like summer. I imagine the little section at the end is the threat of losing him downstream. This track was described by my tutor as 'finally not having any wrong notes.'Art by the super talented Silkanide (it's also what inspired the piece): instagram.com/silkanidehttps://linktr.ee/silkanide
A Chiptune Journey Jake Wu 2021-06-05 | Actually a terrible track but the start of me learning to automate duty cycles and stuff!Slapped this gif of Itachi running (deviantart.com/strijing987/art/itachi-running-gif-332061730, which the kid stole) onto a background which I zoomed and scrolled so the video is pretty fun. I made this track for a small community competition to make a boss track. My high pass on some of the channels has way too high of a cut-off which is why it's tinny at points it shouldn't be
Chiptune Indiana Music Jake Wu 2021-04-28 | A piece I made for a commission recently, it's loopable so doesn't have an actual ending but it was fun to incorporate some lo-fi samples in with the chiptunes too (snare/timpani) for some of the NES vibe
8-Bit Approach and Final Boss Theme (First Chiptune) Jake Wu 2021-04-01 | My first real attempt at a complete 8-bit piece. I am cheating a little as the famisynth is 4 bit and uses saw waves at some point plus I'm obviously not restricting how many channels I use so it's more in the spirit! I think I might look more into percussion and manual reverb.
Game Music Demo #1 Jake Wu 2021-02-01 | This is my own music which I've put over Journey (because it's an amazing game) Footage from Journey and youtu.be/bkL94nKSd2M in particular.
Another summers day Jake Wu 2018-08-05 | It's easy to daydream while you're trying to write a dissertation
